Re: OT: Georgian road signs (Re: OT: Dvorak)

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan
McLeay

> > Getting somewhat OT here, but after working in Georgia for
the last
> > few weeks, I'm trying to figure out why a lot of the road
> signs there
> > have undotted <i>'s.
>
> I have heard that Georgia uses dotless i's but just from
things like
> your question here. Language Log turned this up when I
> googled for the
> question:
> <http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003685.ht
> ml> which
> well if nothing else has some photos to prove you're not
*completely*
> insane.
Those signs aren't just in Atlanta, but all over the state.  I
saw it all along the coast on I95 over the last couple weeks,
but I first noticed it a couple months ago while driving down to
Florida.  After seeing them again in the Atlanta area I just had
to ask why?

The one on Wilshire is interesting because I've never noticed
that in L.A.  BTW: It's "Angelino."

I'm using <i> in my conlang Li?glis for /@/ (=[@][1][}]
depending on position and dialect), which is distinct from <i>
(=[i][I])

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